Comments on: Three (or four!) days to go http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/09/27/three-or-four-days-to-go/ hopping along the corridors of power Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:16:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: zoe http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/09/27/three-or-four-days-to-go/#comment-6643 zoe Fri, 30 Sep 2005 12:15:29 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=981#comment-6643 "And we have the gall to sneer at the American electoral system?" - emphatically yes.

“And we have the gall to sneer at the American electoral system?”

- emphatically yes.

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]]> By: stuey http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/09/27/three-or-four-days-to-go/#comment-6476 stuey Tue, 27 Sep 2005 13:25:08 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=981#comment-6476 Craig, there's a bit of difference between a dog getting a vote and: * biased returning officers who deliberately don't investigate problems, or rule in favour of their man * deliberate undersupply of voting machines in poor, ethnic areas * 30% of all voting done on machines with no paper audit trail * dirty tricks such as posters with incorrect voting details going up around town, or people being told to "come back tomorrow" * massive use of electoral "challenges" to prevent poor, ethnic voters from voting * massive numbers of former prisoners not allowed to vote, including a couple of million of people with drug offences Yes I think we have a right to sneer at the state of "democracy" in the US, personally I think there is not much difference between elections in the US and Zimbabwe.

Craig, there’s a bit of difference between a dog getting a vote and:

* biased returning officers who deliberately don’t investigate problems, or rule in favour of their man
* deliberate undersupply of voting machines in poor, ethnic areas
* 30% of all voting done on machines with no paper audit trail
* dirty tricks such as posters with incorrect voting details going up around town, or people being told to “come back tomorrow”
* massive use of electoral “challenges” to prevent poor, ethnic voters from voting
* massive numbers of former prisoners not allowed to vote, including a couple of million of people with drug offences

Yes I think we have a right to sneer at the state of “democracy” in the US, personally I think there is not much difference between elections in the US and Zimbabwe.

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]]> By: Craig Ranapia http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/09/27/three-or-four-days-to-go/#comment-6473 Craig Ranapia Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:04:43 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=981#comment-6473 Any my cat will hand over her Easy Vote card to the first person who comes bearing a kilo of shredded chicken. And we have the gall to sneer at the American electoral system? Is Winston still threatening to launch a electoral petition - that might well end up with our own version of the Supremes.

Any my cat will hand over her Easy Vote card to the first person who comes bearing a kilo of shredded chicken. And we have the gall to sneer at the American electoral system? Is Winston still threatening to launch a electoral petition – that might well end up with our own version of the Supremes.

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]]> By: alistair http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/09/27/three-or-four-days-to-go/#comment-6463 alistair Tue, 27 Sep 2005 09:14:33 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=981#comment-6463 The Unicorn vote was massively Green. The Devil vote was split.

The Unicorn vote was massively Green. The Devil vote was split.

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]]> By: Christiaan http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/09/27/three-or-four-days-to-go/#comment-6459 Christiaan Tue, 27 Sep 2005 08:35:31 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=981#comment-6459 You forgot the other scenario frog, where the Christian Fundies buy off the Electoral Offce and install an American Dictatorship.

You forgot the other scenario frog, where the Christian Fundies buy off the Electoral Offce and install an American Dictatorship.

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]]> By: joy http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/09/27/three-or-four-days-to-go/#comment-6450 joy Tue, 27 Sep 2005 07:17:10 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=981#comment-6450 The Greens should get most of the herbivores. Joy.

The Greens should get most of the herbivores. Joy.

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]]> By: ChrisBishop http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/09/27/three-or-four-days-to-go/#comment-6445 ChrisBishop Tue, 27 Sep 2005 03:30:35 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=981#comment-6445 And the Nats have the Lemur vote.

And the Nats have the Lemur vote.

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]]> By: greenboy http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/09/27/three-or-four-days-to-go/#comment-6440 greenboy Tue, 27 Sep 2005 02:49:00 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=981#comment-6440 Well for starters the Greens have well and truly got the Frog vote in the bag.

Well for starters the Greens have well and truly got the Frog vote in the bag.

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]]> By: eredwen http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/09/27/three-or-four-days-to-go/#comment-6434 eredwen Tue, 27 Sep 2005 01:56:51 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=981#comment-6434 Toa: Just thinking of an answer to "which parties the other species voted for" ... the mind boggles! eredwen

Toa:
Just thinking of an answer to “which parties the other species voted for” …
the mind boggles!

eredwen

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]]> By: Toa Greening http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/09/27/three-or-four-days-to-go/#comment-6429 Toa Greening Tue, 27 Sep 2005 01:06:33 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=981#comment-6429 Ok my turn for a ridiculous comment. I wonder if the electoral office will break down votes by species? ie Human, Canine, Feline, Reptile, Avian etc.... :-) I wonder which parties the other species voted for?

Ok my turn for a ridiculous comment. I wonder if the electoral office will break down votes by species? ie Human, Canine, Feline, Reptile, Avian etc…. :-) I wonder which parties the other species voted for?

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]]> By: phil u. http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/09/27/three-or-four-days-to-go/#comment-6422 phil u. Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:24:37 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=981#comment-6422 frog ..interregnum....you've fiilled my 'learn a word a day' for today.. oo-er..getting quite literate... phil(whoar.co.nz)

frog ..interregnum….you’ve fiilled my ‘learn a word a day’ for today..

oo-er..getting quite literate…

phil(whoar.co.nz)

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]]> By: Edge http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/09/27/three-or-four-days-to-go/#comment-6421 Edge Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:02:30 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=981#comment-6421 You forgot one piece of fun - the first sitting of Parliament. Have you the courage (and respect for Parliament as an institution) to install a good Speaker?

You forgot one piece of fun – the first sitting of Parliament. Have you the courage (and respect for Parliament as an institution) to install a good Speaker?

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]]> By: Craig Ranapia http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/09/27/three-or-four-days-to-go/#comment-6415 Craig Ranapia Mon, 26 Sep 2005 22:58:53 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=981#comment-6415 Well, David Henry is quite right not to be offering any deadlines after the char-grilling he got over the local body count farce last year. Now if only EEC head Murray Wicks could remove his head from his arse (all the better to cover it with, my dear) and acknowledge that he's got a problem.

Well, David Henry is quite right not to be offering any deadlines after the char-grilling he got over the local body count farce last year. Now if only EEC head Murray Wicks could remove his head from his arse (all the better to cover it with, my dear) and acknowledge that he’s got a problem.

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